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- Overall the goal is to
refresh our water skills

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on a three-year basis.

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In the event of having to bail out,

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or ditch the aircraft in the water,

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we have the skills and knowledge

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to basically parachute down,

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release ourselves from the harness,

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and get out of a canopy entanglement

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and then egress to a boat,
or some other situation

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where we can be recovered.

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There's two 20-Man life rafts on C-130

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and usually we look to refresh
our skills-cluster to those,

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boarding them, getting
off and finding the tools

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and necessary equipment
that's stowed with them,

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so that we know what
to expect on the boat,

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and to refresh our
memories with the items.

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In the 20-Man, you're typically gonna find

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that tent material to build
the shelter, temporary shelter,

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you can find other multi-tools,
sunscreen, patch kits,

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in case there's a tear in the raft itself.

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One-man life rafts that
are a part a sea kit

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that sits underneath the parachute,

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so if you are separated from the aircraft,

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you know, like a parachute situation

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and you're not near a 20-Man life raft,

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you'll at least have a one-man life raft

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that you could potentially board

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and you know, set up shop for one person,

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until the recovery assets will come.

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In our full-on survival training,

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we practice being dragged both on our back

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and on our front,

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and the idea there is to
release the dust covers

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and pull the lines that
would release your harness

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from the parachute that's dragging you

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and if you really only got one line off

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that would be good enough,
but it's often very difficult,

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especially if you're being
dragged on your face,

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or on your stomach, to find those covers,

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get 'em off, get it pulled
and get that released.

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That's where a lot of our
muscle memory comes in

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and so every three years, it's
a good refresher to do that

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so that we can refresh that muscle memory.